Stuart Blythe, in speaking of the identity of Christians within the Baptist Union of Scotland, that the critical question within a meeting of Christians, where there has been a desire to decide the right thing, suggested ‘We believe that Jesus Christ wants us to ….’
Not bad, eh? It would certainly cut out some stuff; and help us focus that a meeting with the Word of God should always lead us into a dependency on the Holy Spirit in order to carry us into effective performance of that command.